Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
PHILADELPHIA ULSTER SCOTTISH PIPE BAND
PHILADELPHIA ULSTER SCOTTISH PIPE BAND (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,500 to it, the largest being VIKING GLOBAL FOUNDATION INC ($1,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $88k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $2k
- Net assets
- $26k
What Philadelphia Ulster Scottish Pipe Band does
Mission
The mission of the Philadelphia Ulster Scottish Pipe Band is to foster excellence in the scottish arts, and in particular that of pipe band craft in the united states, through: education of its membership and the pipe band community; performance and demonstration to the public; competition on national and international stages. Further, it is the mission of the Philadelphia Ulster Scottish Pipe Band to improve the musicianship of its individual members through the above means of performance and competition.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The mission of the Philadelphia Ulster Scottish Pipe Band is to foster excellence in the scottish arts, and in particular that of pipe band craft in the united states, through: education of its membership and the pipe band community; performance and demonstration to the public; competition on national and international stages. Further, it is the mission of the Philadelphia Ulster Scottish Pipe Band to improve the musicianship of its individual members through the above means of performance and competition.
The mission of the Philadelphia Ulster Scottish Pipe Band is to foster excellence in the scottish arts, and in particular that of pipe band craft in the united states, through: education of its membership and the pipe band community; performance and demonstration to the public; competition on national and international stages. Further, it is the mission of the Philadelphia Ulster Scottish Pipe Band to improve the musicianship of its individual members through the above means of performance and competition.
$93,248 spent100% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $93,248.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $23k to $43k (+84%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
8% of PHILADELPHIA ULSTER SCOTTISH PIPE BAND’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of PHILADELPHIA ULSTER SCOTTISH PIPE BAND’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
PHILADELPHIA ULSTER SCOTTISH PIPE BAND draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
PHILADELPHIA ULSTER SCOTTISH PIPE BAND has grown faster than half of the 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like PHILADELPHIA ULSTER SCOTTISH PIPE BAND
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PHILADELPHIA ULSTER SCOTTISH PIPE BAND?
- PHILADELPHIA ULSTER SCOTTISH PIPE BAND (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,500 to it, the largest being VIKING GLOBAL FOUNDATION INC ($1,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PHILADELPHIA ULSTER SCOTTISH PIPE BAND have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,500 in grants to PHILADELPHIA ULSTER SCOTTISH PIPE BAND, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PHILADELPHIA ULSTER SCOTTISH PIPE BAND?
- VIKING GLOBAL FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PHILADELPHIA ULSTER SCOTTISH PIPE BAND find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing